[SFDXA] Fwd: Re: SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOCIATION

[Kai]

Hi Randy,
Perhaps you could ask the membership how often members rely on using the email 
addresses posted on the membership list. If that is a very small number then by 
all means the email addresses could be removed or, better still, simply detached 
from the underlying "mailto:" URL. That would make it less convenient to some 
scammer attacks.
There is of course a second indirect path, that is the link to qrz.com by 
clicking on the member call sign. That will also in many cases reveal an email 
address. That link should remain because we use that to link to member qrz.com 
web pages. Members (and only members) have complete control over their qrz.com 
pages.

The ONLY legitimate solicitation by SFDXA for money is, and should remain, the 
plea for membership dues by the SFDXA treasurer.

With kindest regards,
Kai Siwiak, KE4PT


On 1/12/2020 11:08, Randy Shirley wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Yes this has happened before to me and other members of SFDXA.
>
> It is amazing what scammers will do.  It is a pretty simple task to take down the email addresses of members and create these ridiculous scamming emails.
>
> At the October Directors’ meeting, we all discussed removing the emails from the info page on the SFDXA website.  The conclusion was that having the emails available on the site was more advantageous than detrimental.
>
> If in the future, you or anyone else receives and email that looks suspicious at all, always look at the properties of the email to see where it actually came from.
>
> For future reference, I (and most certainly, any other SFDXA member) will never send an email asking for anyone to purchase gift cards.  The gift card thing is one of the oldest tricks in the scammers book!
>
> Thanks for letting me know that this is still going on.  I will forward this as well to the SFDXA reflector as a reminder to our membership.
>
> Very 73,
>
> Randy
> N4QV
>
> From: Eric Spero
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 10:01 AM
> To: Randy Shirley
> Subject: Fwd: Re: SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOCIATION
>
> Hi Randy,
>
> I received an email I thought was from you, till I got a resonance back this morning from him and now realize this is a scammer and he is using your identity as president of the SFDXA.
>
> See below, the email 1st response from this scammer and my reply back thinking it was you. I have to wonder if others in the club received similar emails?
> I will let you handle this issue with the club membership.
> 73
> Eric/wa1sxk
>
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject:  Re: SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOCIATION
>        Date:  Sun, 12 Jan 2020 07:06:07 -0500 (EST)
>        From:  Randy Shirley mailto:reference at coinacex.com
>        Reply-To:  Randy Shirley mailto:reference at coinacex.com
>        To:  Eric S. mailto:cfogri1 at aol.com
>
>
>
> Good morning and thank you for the response Eric...I would have called to explain further but still can't access my mobile phone. I need you to kindly purchase 5pcs($100 each) of either eBay gift cards or Walmart gift cards or Amazon gift cards (Total=$500) for donation to Veterans at Hospice & Palliative Care unit.
>
> You can get them online(e-code) at any Kohl's,CVS,Kwik,Macy's, Walmart, or Walgreen's Store.Let me know if you can get the cards today ASAP due to the time frame,so I can tell you what next to do with the cards. I will be liable for refund.
>
> Let me know if a check will be fine for refund. I have credence in you and that's why I have asked you to assist.Thank you.
>
>
> Randy Shirley N4QV
> President
> SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOC
>    On January 11, 2020 at 8:45 PM "Eric S." mailto:cfogri1 at aol.com wrote:
>
>
>    Hi Randy,
>    I am out of the state too,  in NC. If I can help let me know how.
>    Eric/Wa1sxk
>    Cell 802-338-1851
>
>    Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid
>    On Jan 11, 2020 8:38 PM, Randy Shirley <> wrote:
>
>      Hello Eric
>      Are you available? I need your assistance as I am out of the State,I would have called your phone number but presently I do not have access to my mobile and I need you to kindly handle this:SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOCIATION some gift cards for donation to Veterans at Hospice Care and welfare with patients and units across the state.Thanks
>
>
>      Randy Shirley N4QV
>      President
>      SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOC
>
>    
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